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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2022:0574-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 158446

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0574-1 advisory.

 Updated to Intel CPU Microcode 20220207 release.

 - CVE-2021-0146: Fixed a potential security vulnerability in some Intel Processors may allow escalation of privilege (bsc#1192615)
 - CVE-2021-0127: Intel Processor Breakpoint Control Flow (bsc#1195779)
 - CVE-2021-0145: Fast store forward predictor - Cross Domain Training (bsc#1195780)
 - CVE-2021-33120: Out of bounds read for some Intel Atom processors (bsc#1195781)

 - Security updates for [INTEL-SA-00528](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security- center/advisory/intel-sa-00528.html)
 - Security updates for [INTEL-SA-00532](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security- center/advisory/intel-sa-00532.html)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected ucode-intel package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1192615

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1195779

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1195780

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1195781

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-0127

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-0145

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-0146

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33120

http://www.nessus.org/u?9df92a96

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 158446

File Name: suse_SU-2022-0574-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/26/2022

Updated: 6/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.82

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-33120

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-0146

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ucode-intel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/25/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/17/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-0127, CVE-2021-0145, CVE-2021-0146, CVE-2021-33120

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:0574-1